PARKING PLANS FOR VISITING COACHES.
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Official Information, Aided by Maps, Which Should Prove of Inestimable Value to Coach Proprietors.
A8QUITE a number of motor coach proprietors do not put their complete Sleet of vehicles on the road until the Whitsun holiday, and may not, therefore, be cognizant of the efforts which Vie are making to assist owners' and their driver-employees, whose vehicles are often called upon to visit unfamiliar towns and cities, we intend this week to reiterate some of the outstanding points in connection with this feature.
We have, during a period of over two months, published official information, aided by clear and carefully drawn maps, giving full particulars of the parking arrangements in close upon 40 different towns and cities, these being Oxford, Norwich, Cardiff, Clacton, Carnarvon, Penzance, Portsmouth, Canterbury, Exeter, Weymouth, York, Worcester, Llandudno, Bournemouth, Matlock (including Matlock Bath and Cromford), Basingstoke, Penrith, Chester, Ashbourne, Salisbury, Elgin, Blackpool, Retford, Dumfries, Hastings, Scarborough, Margate, Buxton, Thirsk, Forfar, Leicester, Maidstone, Newquay, Whitby, Kilmarnock, Torquay and Lancaster, and, as we have intimated at regular intervals since this feature wale inaugurated, we are prepared to supply to any of our readers reprints, on stout card, of the maps and the official information which accompanies them, provided stamps be enclosed to cover the cost of packing and postage. Now that the coaching season is in full swing, we expect that many owners and their driver-employees will avail themselves of this service, and in order to avoid disappointment (stocks of some of the maps are getting very low) we would advise early application to be made.
As readers will observe from the list of names previously mentioned, the particulars are not confined to towns and cities in England. As a matter of fact, all the prominent, and popular motor coaching centres in England, Scotland and Wales will be dealt with in turn, and those who would like to know beforehand the places which are to be included should turn to our issue of May 30th, in which, in a preliminary list, about 130 places are scheduled for treatment.
We suggested in that issue that coach owners and drivers should write us giving their views on the sequential importance of the various centres, so that we might cheek our own views and publish the plans in the order in which they are most likely to be appreciated. The letters that we have so far received in this connection have been so divergent that we shall welcome additional expressions of opinion which will help Us to formulate a definite programme. Let it be clearly understood that the particulars which we are publishing have all been secured from official sources, and that they can be relied upon in detail. As vs matter of fact, our scheme has received the endorsement of the Scotland Yard authorities and Nest of the chief constables throughout the country, who have given us every assistance in the collection of the necessary information.
It is perhaps unnecessary for us to recapitulate the merits of our scheme. Drivers in particular should especially benefit from a. close study of the maps, and we earnestly commend to owners the suggestion that they should carefully cut them out and keep them available for reference by their driveremployees, so that they can readily ascertain the facilities which are provided for incoming coaches at the places which figure on their itineraries.
We do not necessarily suggest that the complete set of maps will be of immediate value to many users, whose activities may not extend beyond 100 miles of their main centre, but it will certainly be advisable to file all the maps for future reference, for the average coach owner may at any time be called upon to undertake a journey with which he is not familiar.
It will, of course, be fully realized that some of thei particulars will not be published for many weeks to come, and for this reason we are prepared to forward details of the parking arrangements in any of the towns and, cities which figure in the list, to which reference has already been made (see May 30th issue, page 473), to any coach owner who applies to the Editor and remits the cost of postage.
This week we deal with the regulations in force in Stirling and Windsor.
ST/ItLING.—ID this town Dumbarton Road, from Albert Hall outwards, has been specially allotted for the accommodation of visiting motor coaches. It is suggested, however, that those in charge of parties arriving in the town by motor coach should,upon arrival, seek counsel with the local police for directions, as occasions may arise when it may be found essential to direct traffic elsewhere.
Weernsen..—The parking site for motor coaches. in Windsor ie on the near side of Datehet Road, at a place commencing close to the London and Sbuth Western Railway Station, and extending towards Victoria Bridge. No charge is made for parking. The setting-down and picking-up point is in High Street, opposite the White Hart Hotel and under the castle wall. Police officers are stationed at this point for the purpose of assisting drivers.